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I read many opinons and i think the owner is guilty for aggression of pitbull dog
Is pitbull aggresive breed or people make it aggressive? What You think?
Pit Bulls were originally bred for fighting. But like most breeds today, many lines are nothing like their original purpose. Yes there are some mean nasty Pit bulls, mostly bred and owned by mean, nasty people. Then there are some wonderful ones owned by nice people. Some of them have posted here in the past, and your post may bring them out. Responcible people choose well behaved dogs as breeding stock.
You just can't determine a dog's behavior from its breed. I have had young Labs that wouldn't join the other dogs playing in the lake. Some traits are shared by most members of a breed, but not all. Early socialization, before 12 weeks, is important too.
There are so many wonderful pits out there.... many wasting away in shelters with almost 0% chance of adoption.
HOWEVER, one thing people need to consider in opting for any breed of dog is IF things turn bad, can they physically handle the dog - GOD FORBID, but I know I cannot physically manage a pit, etc.
I had a pit in my household for 3 years. Loving, well adusted, well socialized, easy to teach and direct dog... he would stop on a dime from a dead run if I asked him to.... Lovely dog.... Until I came home one day to my cat shredded in a million pieces all over the house..... and 3 days later, he took a big hunk out of my gordon setter (show dog, female, very mellow).... after 3 YEARS of living in my pack, sleeping cuddled with the cat every night and being an excellent sibling to all the foster cairns that had come through in that time.....
I learned very quickly that if I could not trust a dog I was just not willing to have them in my household...... I honestly can say I would be hard pressed to trust a pit again no matter how sweet they appeared, and no matter how badly I want to think the breed gets a bad rap
I read many opinons and i think the owner is guilty for aggression of pitbull dog
Is pitbull aggresive breed or people make it aggressive? What You think?
the are responsible for their dogs .. i am 16 years old i have pitbull and he is so sweet. we dont have an enviroment where there is abusing ut juss depends on how u treat ur pitt they are really good pets !!!!
I repeat that just being a good dog owner may not make any dog, and perhaps particularly a pi a nice dog for it's whole life.... This is what I said before:
I had a pit in my household for 3 years. Loving, well adusted, well socialized, easy to teach and direct dog... he would stop on a dime from a dead run if I asked him to.... Lovely dog.... Until I came home one day to my cat shredded in a million pieces all over the house..... and 3 days later, he took a big hunk out of my gordon setter (show dog, female, very mellow).... after 3 YEARS of living in my pack, sleeping cuddled with the cat every night and being an excellent sibling to all the foster cairns that had come through in that time....
As a good friend says: All dogs have teeth, and no dog no matter how well trained or sweet they may appear, should ever be trusted to not bite under all circumstances.
I fostered a pitbull x from the animal shelter. When I initially fostered her, I expressed my concern to the vet about the nature of this breed. He said to me 'it is not the breed, it is how they are treated'. Turns out he was spot on. I eventually bought her and have had her for 2 years now, and I couldn't ask for a sweeter, more placid dog.
Thats a VERY good question. I have worked in the veterinary industry for over 10 years now and I see a lot of breeds. Certain breeds we tend to take more caution with than others. I have never believed that any dog is born bad or aggresive, however, I think that over time certain breeds earn a reputation for potential behavior that is inherent in that breed but not necessarly always the case. The truth is, you should ALWAYS research a breed before you take it on. If more people were educated about their choice in breed, accedents would be few and far between. Yes, I think pit bulls tend to be more on the aggressive side than some other breeds especially dog aggresive, do I think that it can be trained out, yes, because I know a lot of great pit bulls that have owners that spent the time socializing and training their dog. The is just as high of a chance that a pit bull will be aggressive and mean as there is any other breed if they are poorly socialized and untrained. Pit bulls were originally bread to be fighting dogs, and they pick up behavior patterens from their parental units, thus once they began this way, the tradition continued and the breed has been unfairly labled as a bad breed. All dogs are capable of attacking people and other animals and they can all do a lot of damage, pit bulls are capable of doing more damage due to their jaw structure and lean muscle mass, thus the reason why they were bred as fighting dogs. If you are considereing a pit bull as a pet, than just be smart and be in control from day one, get him or her trained, spayed or neutered, and socialized VERY early on. Hope this helps.
Heather
this shouldn't even be a topic , Pitt bulls are naturally an aggressive dog, they were bred for that, trying to raise a pittbull as a family pet is like trying to raise a porcupine to cuddle. Pitt bulls are for protection and personal companionship there not for families. Unfortunatly more and more irresponcible and low income, uneducated people are breeding this dog as a status and for underground fighting, banning the breed is just not the way, but banning breeding of this breed is what we should do. Peta recommends this in there spring aniamal times.
I read many opinons and i think the owner is guilty for aggression of pitbull dog
Is pitbull aggresive breed or people make it aggressive? What You think?
Pits are raised to be mean it is all the owner.... if you do research the dogs that bite the most are usually smaller breeds "ankle bitters" growing up my family had several pit bulls and we never had a problem with them... they were possibly the sweetest dogs ive ever owned. in fact our cat walked all over them she practically raised them. i think that people who say that the dog breed is bad or aggressive are ignorant it is not in a dog its in it owner. if you raise a dog to fight it will fight if you raise it to be nice then it will...
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